The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.
If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.
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I have ocd and have had all of the fears you described, and yes, dreaded shaking hands for fear of contamination. Since I have been taking medication (Lexapro), these have diminished significantly. I work in a hospital and no longer have constant fear of HIV, etc., as I once did. The final frontier has been dealing with the blasphemous thoughts, these I now know are just another fear related component of ocd. God is helping me let go of these thoughts; I was never sure if this would be possible. I am reminded that with God all things are possible. I am forgiven from the "unpardonable sin" related thoughts. God has given me an understanding of scripture through study groups. Jesus' harsh words were directed at his enemies, not at us who believe.
Thank you for the reply
